Radio Shack 21-1599 owner manual Connecting AN Optional External Speaker

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•Base station antenna (such as Cat. No. 21-967)

•Coaxial antenna cable and con- nectors

Note: Your local Radio Shack store carries power supplies, antennas, coaxial antenna cable, and connec- tors.

Follow these steps to install the CB as a base station.

1.Mount the base station antenna as described in its owner’s man- ual.

Warning: Use extreme caution when you install or remove a base station CB antenna. If the antenna starts to fall, let it go! It could contact overhead power lines. If the antenna touches the power line, contact with the antenna, mast, cable, or guy wires can cause electrocution and death. Call the power com- pany to remove the antenna. DO NOT attempt to do so yourself.

2.Connect the antenna’s cable to the ANTENNA jack on the back of the CB.

3.Connect the CB’s black wire to

the DC power supply’s negative (–) terminal.

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4.Connect the CB’s red wire, with in-line fuse, to the DC power supply’s positive (+) terminal.

5.Plug the DC power supply into a standard AC outlet.

CONNECTING AN OPTIONAL EXTERNAL SPEAKER

To make the CB easier to hear in noisy environments, you can connect it to an external CB speaker. Use an 8-ohm speaker capable of handling 3 to 5 watts of power (such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 21-549). The speak- er’s cable must have a 1/8-inch plug.

Simply plug the speaker cable into the CB’s EXT8 Ω jack.

Note: When you connect an external speaker, the CB’s internal speaker automatically disconnects.